Combat during what we now know as World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year.
For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, was regarded as the end of the “war to end all wars.”
In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. The holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. The so-called “war to end all wars” proved to be anything but.
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